Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1871cb846f0751b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-07-15 09:41:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: b0d0842f837d64e2fa01072ab3a9d30e SHA-1: 81e1429f799899f78e10c0025efaed2ce4aed501 SHA-256: 1871cb846f0751b298f4b3920a05dafafaec14b4df3c41d532e04f04ae125af7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=series+flix+the+office PDF link annotation
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021052922235180554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae784e9664---zoxafekomunanivibaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7967663afd95c7d38133f750108d2504/23560434968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoannalisatinelli.it/userfiles/files/zaxawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siphonicflowmandiri.com/upload/files/takuxuxifevopebukefifopag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d1ddaf02f---15417741293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/bupop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2cc108f5bb---linowebidupaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/ravizutoterizamopawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/vakudevalogokuxobar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2001bc43d---47074292748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2a93861560---91221543833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sezalixizawodobilipuxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e56c6e742e---loxilotosatonadumidas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heizler.hu/files/file/14631925191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105101033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb27c65e15a---29477210096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a719593e52---kuvumuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/tugonuduretezupok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/79544137656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8id6sfno8mrls9lbejjdcfgkc4/88415947133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d7e2560ff---porizimexodowipobezogolod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e47e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE47E 17544 bytes
SHA-256: 34c02f51052914b38c1f6c17b015a5a105989968d84beca375616116b05601cd
font_01_sfnt_off0001126b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1126B 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 96ae8408cf5dda9d2c9ed8dd202b351ba951562860a75231ec7d0817a712cd1d
font_02_sfnt_off000129e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1